How To Install xdelta on Fedora 34

xdelta is A binary file delta generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta on Fedora 34.

What is xdelta

Xdelta (X for XCF a binary delta generator (like a diff program for binaries) and an RCS version control replacement library. Xdelta uses a binary file delta algorithm to replace the standard diff program used by RCS

We can use yum or dnf to install xdelta on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xdelta.

Install xdelta on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xdelta using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xdelta

Install xdelta on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xdelta using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdelta

How To Uninstall xdelta on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xdelta package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xdelta

xdelta Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xdelta
/usr/bin/xdelta3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/a907e71870ba41a4bc88cbe6ab410c1b8771e2
/usr/share/doc/xdelta
/usr/share/doc/xdelta/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdelta/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdelta3.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdelta on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.